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This test consists of 15 multiple choice questions and 5 short answer questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Whose nickname is "Orange"?
(a) Joe Leaphorn.
(b) Cipriano Naranjo.
(c) Ed Pasquaanti.
(d) J.D. Highsmith.

2. Who tells Leaphorn that kachinas are invisible unless you're about to die?
(a) Ed Pasquaanti.
(b) Father Ingles.
(c) A college roommate.
(d) The commune neighbors.

3. How many people originally settled the commune?
(a) Sixteen.
(b) Seven.
(c) Thirty-five.
(d) Twenty-one.

4. Leaphorn estimates Isaacs' age as what?
(a) Mid twenties.
(b) Late twenties.
(c) Early twenties.
(d) Early thirties.

5. What is Pasquaanti's job?
(a) Federal Agent.
(b) Chief of Zuni Police.
(c) State Policeman.
(d) Navajo Policeman.

6. What did Susanne make George take from her the last time she saw him?
(a) Water.
(b) A charm to protect him.
(c) Some venison.
(d) Her old blue quilted jacket.

7. In Chapter 6, for whom does Leaphorn feel an amused attraction?
(a) Alice Madman.
(b) Susanne.
(c) Young Wife.
(d) Dr. Reynolds.

8. According to Leaphorn's observations, how many men and women live at the commune?
(a) Five men and two women.
(b) Three men and five women.
(c) Six men and four women.
(d) Four men and three women.

9. What language do words like Shulawitsi and Shalako come from?
(a) Hopi.
(b) Ute.
(c) Navajo.
(d) Zuni.

10. What is taboo in the eight days leading to Shalako?
(a) Eating before sundown.
(b) Laughter.
(c) Anger.
(d) Associating with non-Zuni people.

11. In Chapter 6, what is the last message that Leaphorn receives from the Window Rock operator?
(a) Ernesto Cata's body has been found.
(b) George Bowlegs has been sighted.
(c) His supervisor wants to know about an embezzlement case.
(d) He has a dentist appointment the next day.

12. According to a neighbor, where is the owner of the commune land believed to live?
(a) Santa Fe.
(b) Chinle.
(c) Farmington.
(d) Window Rock.

13. In Chapter 8, what does Leaphorn find hanging from the hogan blanket rope?
(a) Blanket.
(b) Shorty Bowlegs.
(c) Clothing.
(d) Bedrolls.

14. According to Cecil, who stole something from the anthropologists at the dig site?
(a) The hippies at the commune.
(b) Ernesto Cata.
(c) A kachina.
(d) George Bowlegs.

15. Who is the Navajo friend of the Little Fire God?
(a) George Bowlegs.
(b) Naranjo.
(c) Ted Isaacs.
(d) Father Ingles.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does "dinee" mean?

2. In Chapter 1, the Little Fire God spies a light on in a camper below him. He guesses that Ted Isaacs is doing what?

3. What is the Navajo way to release a ghost for its infinite wandering?

4. What clan does the Little Fire God belong to?

5. In Chapter 10, who is described as a baptized Christian and Catholic communicant?

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